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Belgian pianist and composer Francy Boland teamed with American drummer Kenny Clarke to lead the Clarke-Boland Big Band, widely cited because the finest all-star ensemble of its kind ever assembled beyond your U.S. Delivered November 6, 1929, in Namur, Belgium, François Boland started playing piano at age group eight, later …
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Co-chaired by famous bop drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian-born pianist/composer Francy Boland, the Clarke-Boland Big Band placed among the very best European orchestras from the ’60s and early ’70s. The group produced in 1960 pursuing Clarke’s relocation to Paris; originally, he and Boland — clean away a stint simply because …
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